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A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
A marathon is always measured by the same distance: 26.2 miles, but the time it takes to finish depends on your fitness level, training and the course itself.
On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47. [12]
The 25K run (25 kilometers, approximately 15.52 miles) is a long distance running footrace that is between the distance of a half marathon and a marathon.It was formerly an official world record distance in road running by World Athletics, [1] but has since been downgraded to world best status.
Two miles ; 5000 metres ; 10,000 metres ... Half marathon ; Marathon ; 100 kilometres ; 10 km walk ; 20 km walk ; 50 km walk ...
The number of best performances considered for the ranking score varies by event, with five performances considered field events and track events of 1500 metres or less, three performances for the 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres, 20 kilometres race walk and road running (half marathon or 10K run) rankings, and two performances for the ...
Extrapolating the fall in marathon world record times, Francois Peronnet of the University of Montreal predicted that the two-hour mark would be broken in 2028. [3] In 2017, The Economist reported that the average decrease in the marathon record was 8 seconds per year for the previous 50 years and 9.4 seconds per year for the previous 20 years ...
This is a list of world records for Masters age groups in the sport of road running.The world governing body for masters athletics is World Masters Athletics (WMA). WMA conducts various world championships in what are called "non stadia" events, meaning races not held in the confines of a stadium.